Diphyllobothriasis: the first case report from Malaysia

• Main Authors: Mahmud, Rohela, Ibrahim, Jamaiah, Chan, K.W., Wan Yusoff, W.S.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: SEAMEO Regional Tropical Medicine and Public Health Network 2002
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/4195/1/Diphyllobothriasis-_The_first_case_report_from_Malaysia.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/4195/; https://www.tm.mahidol.ac.th/seameo/2002_33_2/05-2827.pdf

Diphyllobothriasis is a disease caused by infection with adult tapeworms of the genus Diphyllobothrium. Humans acquire the infection by consuming the raw or inadequately cooked flesh, roe, liver, or other organs of infected fish. Diphyllobothrium latum infection has not been reported in Malaysia; we...